Richard V. Spencer

Richard Vaughn Spencer (18 January 1954-) was US Secretary of the Navy from 3 August 2017 to 24 November 2019, succeeding Sean Stackley and preceding Thomas Modly. He was fired by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper for his controversial handling of the Eddie Gallagher case.

Biography
Richard Vaughn Spencer was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on 18 January 1954, and he served as a US Marine Corps aviator from 1976 to 1981. He worked on Wall Street for 15 years after his retirement from the Marines, and, in 2017, President Donald Trump appointed him Secretary of the Navy. In November 2019, he tried to cut a secret deal with the White House to let the accused war criminal Eddie Gallagher retire, and his controversial handling of the case led to Secretary of Defense Mike Esper firing him on 24 November.